You know what really grinds my gears?

[The GIGGAS]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Does your job description say "other duties as assigned"? If it doesn't, your HR department is doing it wrong.

In fact, it grinds my gears when there's something that needs to be done in the office and someone claims that it isn't their job even though they are capable of doing it and have the time. I can see not wanting to always do it, but sometimes one needs to pitch in for the greater good.

Your first point: It is not listed in "essential duties and responsibilities." I am a Software Engineer. Today, I have put on a Tester hat. I feel if you have written any part of the software, you should not be testing it. I can see testing a change to make sure it worked, and then tweaking it.

But after you've finished, you're not going to find any more edge cases for that piece of the software. If you had, you would have programmed them in. It is better for other people to work on this because they can come in with new ideas.

I am mainly bitching today at how boring and stupid this is. I am doing it (I don't believe it's for the greater good, as this is how we're going to have major bugs slip out into customer systems, but I'm not the decision maker). It is not part of my job, but I am capable of doing it. My boss told me to do it and here I am, suffering.

EDIT: This post on stackexchange basically puts what I meant into much better terms: http://programmers.stackexchange.com...rk/77157#77157

tl;dr: Developers normally work with the developer mindset of "how to make this work?". A good tester is thinking about "how to break this?" - a very different mindset.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

^ See, now that makes sense. Very similar to the accounting world where you don't want people having access to certain things in combination - e.g. ability to add a new vendor and ability to process checks.

I should have also taken into consideration that your company seems to make stupid decisions and that you are looking for a new job.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When I see really big people(not making fun of their size)at theaters, walk down the isle with huge buckets of popcorn, large soda, cheese pretzel.......

It's like having a 3rd foot, and wearing a huge sign around your neck that say's "hey...look at my 3rd foot". It's ok to grab a small bag of popcorn and a water at the theater. I forgot when it started being OK to have a full 3 course meal at the movies!

Even if they did grab a small popcorn and water.......most people would still make fun of them and whisper, "They know damn well they didn't get that size eating a small popcorn and drinking water"

[jeremym480]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

tl;dr: Developers normally work with the developer mindset of "how to make this work?". A good tester is thinking about "how to break this?" - a very different mindset.

I can agree with that. Plus, it's kind of like when you're in school and you write a paper. Once you finish the paper our teachers always advised us to have a friend proofread it because some of the times you won't catch your own mistakes but, your friend will (theoretically).

[The GIGGAS]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

^ See, now that makes sense. Very similar to the accounting world where you don't want people having access to certain things in combination - e.g. ability to add a new vendor and ability to process checks.

I should have also taken into consideration that your company seems to make stupid decisions and that you are looking for a new job.

No worries. I didn't explain my position, and I agree with you in the way that I'm willing to do what's necessary of me. I don't very much like it, though.

I can agree with that. Plus, it's kind of like when you're in school and you write a paper. Once you finish the paper our teachers always advised us to have a friend proofread it because some of the times you won't catch your own mistakes but, your friend will (theoretically).

That's pretty much like how software works (well, I mean, with computers and code, instead of papers and paragraphs).

[acts238shaun]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How one EA game can work like a well oiled machine and another is a piece of 60$ kaka (Fight Night Champion and the PS3 killing freezes).

[dan_457]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When someone really goes out of their way to point out a problem that they're having, be it, Family, relationship, job, friend issue etc. But then when you ask them about it, or try to discuss it, they say "they don't want to talk about it". If that's the case then why hell did you try so hard to bring it up in the first place?

[willIam9387]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Even if they did grab a small popcorn and water.......most people would still make fun of them and whisper, "They know damn well they didn't get that size eating a small popcorn and drinking water"

Yeah that's one reason why it's tough for overweight people to shed the pounds because if they exercise out in public or eat healthy, they probably will still encounter people whispering about their size or making fun of them. That's why I respect overweight people who do the daily grind, go to work, hit the gym, and eat healthy with their chin up. And I guess that's what grinds my gears is when somebody sees someone trying to change their life and they still make insults or negative comments behind their back to get a laugh.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Current "gear peeve": Allowing myself to get excited about anything. I searched my Dish guide for sports over the weekend and was shocked to see the Tigers having 2 nationally broadcast games against the Red Sox. My current Dish package doesn't include Fox Sports Detroit so I can't watch them, and it's killing me. Making matters worse, it is included in my rent and my landlord refuses to upgrade even if I pay for it. So anyway, I haven't been able to watch the Tigers in about a month so seeing them on back to back days made me excited. Friday night was even on Fox so I could watch it through my digital antenna in sparkling HD

Well of course the game friday night was rained out so I missed out again. I was disappointed but I still knew I could watch the 1 pm game sunday on TBS... until 1pm rolled around and my Dish proudly displayed the "this game is not available in your area" message. Ugh! But seriously, if Dish no longer carries FSD on the regular package and only has it as a premium channel, shouldn't the TBS feed be available? A few weeks back ESPN had a Tigers vs Yankees game that wasn't blacked out.

[snepp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

My wife.</i>

[kingkilla56]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

My wife.</i>

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EDIT: got me again lol

[snepp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

"If you don't have an Iphone, you don't have an Iphone."

[Marino]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People that can't hold a ****ing conversation.

[buckeye02]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Heard 2 different people say H.E double hockey sticks today. It grinded my gears a little bit.

[dickey1331]

Heard 2 different people say H.E double hockey sticks today. It grinded my gears a little bit.

You don't like the word or that they said h e double hockey sticks?


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